Urban Honking

My band, Gay Deceivers, are having a show tonight: both a Pride Kick-off Party, and a record release. It is free! At the Portsmouth Pub, 5264 N Lombard St Portland, OR 97203. There will also be DJs and special readings. And pizza. And pinball! Doors at 9. This is what the Mercury said about our […]

Thought it might be helpful to post some images from my show- a little tour of sorts.Here’s the view from the entranceView of the large gallery space:Here I’m serving in my active role as docent for the show, giving tours:Citizen Jen Elder and family eating ice cream sandwiches provided as part of the exhibition: Labels: […]

During our preparations for PDF, Lisa introduced me to the work of Andrew McQualter, and his project Studies for the shape of government. I really love the documentation of this project, with the establishing shot of two people at a table followed by the document they created together. It’s cinematic almost.

Lit Star Press has just released a new anthology called “Portland Queer”. Edited by Ariel Gore, it includes contributions from Tom Spanbaeur, Sarah Dougher, Dexter Flowers, and some illustrations by myself. There are a bunch of readings going on this month; see the full schedule here. — plazm blog has moved to http://blog.plazm.com — — […]

Matt Lock “Burnout” from Audio Dregs Recordings on Vimeo. This is a short animation I helped Matt Lock put together for the unrealized Paper Video DVD zine.

One of our favorite Portland Organizations need an Intern. Details below. Zine Summer Camp 2009 seeks Intern About the Camp: The mission of IPRC’s Summer Camp is to educate and inspirechildren about independent publishing and promote creativityby providing hands-on educational activities and creative projects in a fun andsafe learning environment. Activities include: field trips, fun […]

TIFFANY LEE BROWN: THE EASTER ISLAND PROJECTWe are compelled to create—to make, write, act, and give birth. How do we manifest this deep desire? How do our creations—novels, babies, and atom bombs—affect our lives, our culture, and our planet? The Easter Island Project invites audiences to explore the questions through the act of creation itself […]

I haven’t been to Colette in Paris in years, but it was nice to find this photo online today and see that they have the Amatuer Dramatics CD on display. Nice!

I have been working with Melbourne artist Lisa Radford to create some PDFs for a project in Iowa City called Public Document Files (PDF). Jen Delos Reyes asked 30 artists (including myself) to create ten files “on or about artists they think are related to ideas surrounding public and socially engaged art work.” Lisa and […]

How about this? Last night, while preparing for bed, I said, “I wish it would rain really hard tonight.” And the old man said, “it’s going to! The thunder is going to wake you up.” This seemed somewhat whimsical and based on nothing, but was a nice sentiment, so I just said “I hope so” […]